Sunday, May 18, 2014

SAILING AWAY: Year One, Phase Two

Finally our long-dreamed-of day arrived. We set out from Miami with a waypoint on Bimini. It was our first time to head east into the Atlantic, our first time to cross the storied Gulf Stream and our first time to sail to another country. What lay ahead? We couldn't think to dream…

Miami to The Bahamas, Exumas, Eleuthera, Abacos

Parked in Paradise | Miami to Bimini | January 19, 2011 | More in my columnThe boat rolled right and left, nose down, nose up, every which way in no particular pattern -- the only "pattern" that makes me seasick. And yes, I got nauseous. And then I threw up my ginger ale, right into the Gulf Stream. Take that!

My Freediving Interlude at Deans Blue Hole
My journalism career had been long dormant when I visited Deans Blue Hole and heard people in wetsuits screaming BREATHE, BREATHE! The latent journalist in me screamed as well, and I wrote an article about Freediving for the New York Times -- and these posts in the blog: